Donald J. Enright

During his 20 years as a litigator and trial lawyer, Mr. Enright has handled matters in the fields of securities, commodities, consumer fraud and commercial litigation, with a particular focus on shareholder M&A and securities fraud class action litigation. He has been named as a Washington, DC “Super Lawyer” by Thomson Reuters for several consecutive years, and as one of Washington’s “Top Lawyers” by Washingtonian magazine.

Over the course of his career, Mr. Enright has played leading roles in cases that recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. Most recently, as co-lead counsel in In re Bluegreen Corp. Shareholder Litigation, Case No. 502011CA018111 (Cir. Ct. for Palm Beach Cnty., Fla.), Mr. Enright achieved a $36.5 million common fund settlement in the wake of a majority shareholder buyout, representing a 25% increase in total consideration to the minority stockholders. Similarly, in In re CNX Gas Corp. Shareholders Litigation, C.A. No. 53377-VCL (Del. Ch. 2010), in which Levi & Korsinsky served as Executive Committee counsel, plaintiffs recovered a common fund of over $42.7 million for stockholders.

Mr. Enright has shown a track record of achieving victories in trials and appeals, including:

Nathenson v. Zonagen, Inc., 267 F. 3d 400, 413 (5th Cir. 2001)

SEC v. Butler, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7194 (W.D. Pa. April 18, 2005)

Belizan v. Hershon, 434 F. 3d 579 (D.C. Cir. 2006)

Mr. Enright also has a successful track record of obtaining injunctive relief in connection with shareholder M&A litigation, having won preliminary injunctions or other injunctive relief in the cases of:

Mr. Enright has also demonstrated considerable success in obtaining deal price increases for shareholders in M&A litigation. As co-lead counsel in the matter of In re Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. Shareholder Litigation, C.A. No. 7328-VCN (Del. Ch. 2012), Mr. Enright was partially responsible for a $93 million (57%) increase in merger consideration and waiver of several “don’t-ask-don’t-waive” standstill agreements that were precluding certain potential bidders from making a topping bid for the company. Similarly, Mr. Enright served as co-lead counsel in the case of Berger v. Life Sciences Research, Inc., No. SOM-C-12006-09 (NJ Sup. Ct. 2009), which caused an increase in the transaction price from $7.50 to $8.50 per share, and in Minerva Group, LP v. Keane, Index No. 800621/2013 (NY Sup. Ct. of Erie Cnty.), where plaintiffs obtained a settlement in which Defendants increased the price of an insider buyout of Mod-Pac Corp. from $8.40 to $9.25 per share.

The courts have frequently recognized and praised the quality of Mr. Enright’s work. In In re Interbank Funding Corp. Securities Litigation (D.D.C. 02-1490), Judge Bates of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia observed that Mr. Enright had “…skillfully, efficiently, and zealously represented the class, and… worked relentlessly throughout the course of the case.” Similarly, in Freeland v. Iridium World Communications, LTD, (D.D.C. 99-1002), Judge Nanette Laughrey stated that Mr. Enright had done “an outstanding job” in connection with the recovery of $43.1 million for the shareholder class.

In the matter of Osieczanek v. Thomas Properties Group, et al., C.A. No. 9029-VCG (Del. Ch. 2013), Vice Chancellor Sam Glasscock of the Chancery Court of Delaware observed that Mr. Enright’s prosecution of a merger case was “wholesome” and served as “a model of . . . plaintiffs’ litigation in the merger arena.”

Education:

George Washington University School of Law, J.D. (1996), Member Editor of The George Washington University Journal of International Law and Economics from 1994 to 1996